Adjustable curtain-bracket.



No. 708,507. Patented Spt. 2, I902.

L. A. WATTS.

ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN BRACKET.

(Application filed Sept. 26, 1901.)

' (No Model.)

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LOUIS A. \VATTS, OF OINOINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE SCHOTT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ADJUSTABLE CURTAIN-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,507, dated September 2, 1902. Application filed September 26,1901. Serial No. 76,706. (No model.)

To ctZZ 11/71/0711, it may concern Be it known that I, LOUIS A. WATTS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oincinnati, county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Curtain-Brackets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to curtain-brackets or supporting devices for shade-rollers, curtain-rods, and similar fixtures.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive bracket which will be readily adjustable both longiludinally and transversely of the shade-roller or curtain-rod in accordance with the length of the latter and the height or distance from the window atwhich it is desired to support the same.

A further object is to provide a device adaptable for use with equal convenience when attached either to the front or inner side of a window or door frame.

The invention will hereinafter be first fully described with reference to the accom panying drawings, which form a part of this speci fication, and then more particularly pointed out in the claims following this description.

In said drawings, in which corresponding parts in the several views are designated by similar letters of reference, Figure 1 represents in front elevation a corner of a windowframe, showing a device embodying my invention applied thereto and supporting one end of a shade-roller. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the bracket,the roller-supporting plate or member being formed to receive an angular rollei'spindle. Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 4 is an end elevation, partly in section, the base-plate being broken away and indicated by dotted lines; and Fig. 5 is a detail View of the roller-supporting plate or member formed to receive a circular or rotating roller-spindle.

Referring to the drawings by specific letters of reference, A denotes a suitable baseplate having screw-apertures for securing the same to a window-frame or other desired support, and B denotes a supporting arm or member formed, preferably, integrally with the base-plate and projecting laterally therefrom. The said supportingarm is preferably of square or polygonal configuration, and slidably fitted thereon is a sleeve or adjustable member 0, secured in position by means of a set screw D, said sleeve having also a crossbore or transverse way K, whereby the member may be fitted on the supporting-arm in a position at right angles to that illustrated in Fig. 2, being then secured in place by means of the same set-screw D which is inserted into the sleeve at the point of intersection of the two ways thereof. The sleeve O is provided with a rigid arm or projection E, extending therefrom at right angles to the arm B, and adjustable lengthwise on said arm E is a plate or member which in the construction illustrated is formed with an incut grooved head or sleeve-like portion slidably embracing said arm, of corresponding external formation, said plate being clamped in place by a set-screw G, which may be entered at either side of the bracket, suitable screw-holes being provided in each side of the plate for that purpose, as shown-in Fig. 5..

The plate F is longitudinally slotted, as shown in Figs. 4. and 5, and the arm B extends through the same, thus rendering the device compact, rigid, and secure, though it is apparent that the arm may be slotted and the plate extended therethrough, if preferred. The plate F is designed for connection with the curtain-fixture, and in the construction herein represented is formed at its free extremity with a suitable socket or opening H to receive the spindle I of a roller J, which carries a shade Y. The said socket may be angular to receive a stationary spindle, such as those of spring-rollers, or circular to receive a rotary spindle, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, respectively, the bracket at one end of a shade-roller being usually designed fora stationary spindle to prevent improper rolling of the shade.

In Fig. 1 the bracket is represented secured to the inner side of a window-frame, and it is apparent that in the position shown the sleeve 0 may be adjusted on the arm B 1011- gitudinally of the shade-roller in conformity with the length of the latter, while the plate F may be moved up and down the arm E or transversely-of the shade-roller to adjust the height or level thereof. If the base-plate be screwed to the same point of the windowframe at right angles to the position shown or in the position indicated in Fig. 3, adjustment of the plate 1* on the arm E will serve v to bring the roller to the desired distance from the window-frame.

The device may be used with equal convenience when secured to the face of a window-frame by fitting the sleeve or member 0 on the arm at right angles to its first position by means of the transverse way K, in which case the bracket is adjustable longitudinally of the roller by manipulation of the plate F and transversely thereof by manipulation of the slide O. The device may also be used at either side of the window or at either end of the shade-roller or curtain-rod by merely changing the position of the setscrew G, suitable screw-holes being provided therefor at each side of the bracket, as before mentioned.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. An adjustable curtain-bracket comprisinga rigid arm adapted to be secured to a window frame or support, a slide adjustable thereon having an arm extending at right angles to the former, and a roller-supporting member adjustable lengthwise on said latter arm and having slidable connection with the first-mentioned arm; substantially as described.

2. An adjustable curtain-bracket comprisinga rigid arm adapted to be secured to a window frame or support, a slide adjustable thereon having an arm extending at right angles to the former, and a roller-supporting member longitudinally slotted and embracing the first-mentioned arm and adjustable lengthwise on the arm carried by the slide; substantially as described.

3. An adjustable curtain-bracket comprising a rigid arm adapted to be secured to a window frame or supp0rt,a slide adapted to be adjustably secured on said arm in either of two positions which are at right angles to each other, said slide having an arm extending therefrom atright angles to the first-mentioned arm, and a roller-supporting member adjustable lengthwise on said latter arm; substantially as described.

4. An adjustable curtain-bracket comprising a rigid arm adapted for attachment to a support, a sleeve member having transverse ways thereth rough whereby said member may be slidably secured on said arm in either of two positions which are at right angles to each other, means for locking said sleeve in place thereon, an arm extending from said sleeve at right angles to the former arm, a curtain-1oller-supporting member slidable lengthwise on said latter arm, and means for locking said member in position; substantially as described.

5. An adjustable curtain-bracket comprising a rigid arm adapted for attachment to a support, a sleeve member having transverse ways therethrough whereby said member may be slidably secured on said arm in either of two positions which are at right angles to each other, a set-screw located at the intersection of said ways for locking said sleeve on the arm, an arm extending from said sleeve at right angles to the former, a curtain-rollersupporting member slidably secured on said second arm, and a set-screw for locking the same in position; substantially as described.

6. An adjustable curtain-bracket comprising a base-plate adapted for attachment to a support, an arm extending therefrom,a sleeve on said arm having an extension at right angles to the former, means for locking said sleeve in place, a curtain-roller-supporting plate slidable lengthwise on said extension, and a set-screw locking said plate in position, said set-screw being insertible at either side of the device to adapt the same for use at either end of the curtain-roller; substantially as described.

LOUIS A. WATTS.

Witnesses:

OWEN N. KINNEY, H. J. APPLINc. 

